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PODCAST: Chicago Sky head coach, general manager James Wade

By Howard Megdal

CHICAGO, IL - NOVEMBER 13: (L-R): Chicago Sky President Michael Alter, new team Head Coach and General Manager James Wade and team Co-owner James Rogers, Jr. respond to questions from the media during a press conference on November 13, 2018 at the team's offices in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Randy Belice/NBAE via Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - NOVEMBER 13: (L-R): Chicago Sky President Michael Alter, new team Head Coach and General Manager James Wade and team Co-owner James Rogers, Jr. respond to questions from the media during a press conference on November 13, 2018 at the team's offices in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Randy Belice/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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The Chicago Sky’s new hire talks about it all: past, present and future.

Host Howard Megdal is joined by the new Chicago Sky head coach and general manager James Wade. The two discuss how Wade found his way into coaching (with an assist from Dan Hughes), what he learned coaching on the staffs of both Hughes and Cheryl Reeve.

“Cheryl is a really intense person,” Wade said on the podcast. “She has a lot of things that she won’t allow. Both she and Dan attack minute problems before they fester into something bigger and some things that other coaches might say, it’s no big deal.”

Wade also dives deep into what the Sky roster looks like, how free agency and the draft is likely to change it.

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One area he sounds very comfortable is at point guard, where he had this to say about the incumbent starting playmaker, Courtney Vandersloot.

“To me, and it’s no disrespect to the point guards in this league because I appreciate all the point guards, Sue Bird, Jasmine Thomas, you can go down the list. But I just feel like we have the best point guard in the league that was in Chicago last year.”

Wade also expressed a need to get someone he can play right away in his rotation with the fourth overall pick. That’s quite a significant role, since Wade sees this as a playoff team, and right away.

“They’re going to work hard every day,” Wade said. “I want them to see that success right away. . And I want them to own it and I’m going to own it. That’s what we want and we want to see the success right away.”

Listen to this jumbo podcast with Wade, and learn all about the new boss in Chicago.

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